Hi,
I'm clearly a newbie in woodturning, although I've had my lathe for over two years now. When I use a 1/4" bowl gouge on hard maple and take off a little wood at a time, the tip of my gouge gets really hot; so hot that I can feel the heat with my fingers 1-1.5 " away from the gouge tip. Can this heat cause the maple to glaze or possibly case harden and cause the surface to show darker and lighter "rings", particularly in the end grain areas and cause uneven absorbtion of a sealer like wax? Is hard maple more prone to this heat induced problem than other kinds of wood?
I'm clearly a newbie in woodturning, although I've had my lathe for over two years now. When I use a 1/4" bowl gouge on hard maple and take off a little wood at a time, the tip of my gouge gets really hot; so hot that I can feel the heat with my fingers 1-1.5 " away from the gouge tip. Can this heat cause the maple to glaze or possibly case harden and cause the surface to show darker and lighter "rings", particularly in the end grain areas and cause uneven absorbtion of a sealer like wax? Is hard maple more prone to this heat induced problem than other kinds of wood?
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